So, this is a thread about the Westboro Baptist Church. And an article about the Westboro Baptist Church. And a guy who spent $80k on the Westboro Baptist Church instead of his original plan- vaccines to Guatemalan babies.

what_now:how will this effect them? The only good this did was let that poor dude sell his house.

Sometimes, a good deed is it's own reward.

It is kind of ironic that groups like WBC will become pretty much the pitiful equivalent of hallucinating street preachers because churches are finally, slowly, and - with a lot less resistance than anyone expected - getting dragged into the 20th century.

what_now:So, this is a thread about the Westboro Baptist Church. And an article about the Westboro Baptist Church. And a guy who spent $80k on the Westboro Baptist Church instead of his original plan- vaccines to Guatemalan babies.

The WBC wins this round.

FTFA: This year, his charity, Planting Peace, also intends to de-worm every child in Guatemala.

what_now:So, this is a thread about the Westboro Baptist Church. And an article about the Westboro Baptist Church. And a guy who spent $80k on the Westboro Baptist Church instead of his original plan- vaccines to Guatemalan babies.

The WBC wins this round.

They usually do. Rainbow painting a house isn't going to show anyone anything.

pisceandreamer:Love it, but I have no doubts that the WBC will sue him into oblivion. :(

Sue, based on what? You can just ignore all the legal paper until you get to your court summons and just show up and the judge would throw it out instantly. If not, ACLU would show up and provide you free defense anyways. You couldn't lose and it wouldn't cost you a penny.

How 'bout we trying something really radical? Like ignoring the idiots. Just imagine how much we can change if we put all the energy we spend dealing with the WBC into mentoring, working with our legislators to pass better laws, or really doing anything else. But no. We got to make ourselves feel allcuddly by giving the attention whores more attention.

what_now:So, this is a thread about the Westboro Baptist Church. And an article about the Westboro Baptist Church. And a guy who spent $80k on the Westboro Baptist Church instead of his original plan- vaccines to Guatemalan babies.

MisterTweak:what_now: how will this effect them? The only good this did was let that poor dude sell his house.

Sometimes, a good deed is it's own reward.

It is kind of ironic that groups like WBC will become pretty much the pitiful equivalent of hallucinating street preachers because churches are finally, slowly, and - with a lot less resistance than anyone expected - getting dragged into the 20th century.

I'm not sure of the Irony. WBC is just a racket where they try to piss people off with offensive speech until they get physically attacked, and then they sue. That's it. It's not a real church in the way most people think. They are 100% in the lawsuit business. They'll probably look at the rainbow house as a challenge.

When a bunch of attention whores are looking for attention, not giving them attention is your only weapon.

How many people were talking about the WBC today prior to that house being painted and the number of new stories about the house? How many are now that the house has been painted? While their intentions were good, all they did was promote the WBC brand.

When they say on twitter that they are going to be at a funeral on the East Coast and thousands of people show up to anti-picket and it becomes leading national news, all you do is promote their brand. Meanwhile they don't even leave Kansas because the anti-protesters get more attention their original little protests ever did and now they don't even have to spend the gas money.